Felicitas

The personification of happiness, to whom a temple was erected by Lucullus in 75 BCE, which, however, was burnt down in the reign of Claudius. The Greeks worshiped the same personification, under the name of Εὐτυχία, who is frequently represented in works of art.

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Iconography

Felicitas is frequently seen on Roman coins, in the form of a matron, with the staff of Mercury (caduceus) and a cornucopia. Sometimes also she has other attributes, according to the kind of happiness she represents.1